Enhance Ads - Key error: unable to read certificate

Questions
#1

I finish my game and it has Enhance interstitial ads.

I followed the Android Development guide to generate the certificate.pem and the key.pk8

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Those commands generate these files

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Then I put those files in the Defold Bundle Application (android) and generate the apk.

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NOW THAT I HAVE MY APK ITS TIME TO ENHANCE IT
To be able to reproduce the ads in your app you need to follow some steps in the Enhance page so they can provide the service to you.

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Enhance Process

  1. chose the services you are implementing in your app (Interstitial ads in my case) and the game engine you are developing your app (Defold in my case).

  2. Select the ad mediation (admob in my case)

AND IN THE 3 STEP YOU NEED TO SET THE SIGNING OPTIONS

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Here you have three options

Sign for testing only : its just for tests
Don’t sign my app (advanced) : Requires that I sign my app with a signing tool before publishing or testing it (or it doesn’t work)

Upload my certificate and allow Enhance to sign on my behalf (seems to be the best and easiest way to sign it)

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When I pass the certificate.pem and the Only Password I have provided then I press apply and this error appears and I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO.

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Someone that already do this process please help me.

Thanks.

#2

It doesn’t use to work with me too. Same error.
Perhaps it needs a certificate and keystore password in a different format. A very good solution for this is to download the unsigned apk and sign it using external signing applications.

#3

So I need to convert the .pem to what kind of format?? and what should be the password? or what apps did you use to sign the apk?

Thanks

#4

Try generating without a password?

I remember the commands working on macOS.

I also remember using this in the past for this kind of issue https://keystore-explorer.org/

#5

You’re uploading a .pem certificate, I’d recommend to try with a keystore file, as it said in the note “Select a keystore or certificate…”

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#6

I downloaded the unsigned apk, and then signed it using a jar application called apk signer.

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